Tag: Bank-owned
Condo price goes off a cliff at The Terrace in Irving Park
Five years ago we reported that a development called The Terrace was offering 24 3-bedroom, 2 ½ bath condos in four 6-flats at 3917 – 3935 N Kedzi [...]
CoreLogic calls a bottom on housing prices
CoreLogic has just released its MarketPulse report for May (pdf), based on March 2012 data.
The money quote:
Nationally, the housing mark [...]
RealtyTrac: Chicago leads the nation in loan defaults, REO properties
RealtyTrac just released its Q1 2012 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, and it doesn't contain good news for the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet me [...]
Is buying a foreclosed Skokie condo a good gamble?
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily recently reported on a developer who's in foreclosure – for the second time – on the 70-unit Skokie Gardens Cond [...]
Lender-owned Bridgeport condo asking $21K over 2007 price
Five years ago, when we first checked on sales at Bridgeport Condominiums, 3450 S Halsted St, we were informed that the project was "about 50% sol [...]
From Yo’s archives – a hot tub in Clearing
Five years ago today we were writing about a 3-bedroom raised ranch with a back yard hot tub pavilion in Clearing.
The recently remodeled hom [...]
Bridgeport buyers badly bruised at Morgan Street Lofts
When Yo visited Morgan Street Lofts in Bridgeport, five years ago today, we were told that only 8 units remained available for sale. Five months l [...]
Revisiting Edgewater condo conversions
The real estate crash that began late in 1979 hit Edgewater the hardest among Chicago's north lakefront neighborhoods. Edgewater condos sold for [...]
From Yo’s archive – Grand Boulevard condos gone bust
Five years ago to the day we wrote about a new construction condo project at 4705 S Champlain Ave, where 3-bedroom, 2-bath units were priced from [...]
Dueling penthouses at Water Tower Place
Two 72nd floor penthouse units have recently come on the market at Water Tower Place in Streeterville.
Unit 7201 is a 2-bedroom, 2 ½ bath home [...]
Bank-owned properties head to a blow-out auction
On September 17 Rick Levin & Associates will be auctioning a variety of (mostly) bank-owned properties subject to minimum bids as low as 5% of a p [...]
60 Minutes looks at the mortgage mess
An experienced attorney can make the process of proving ownership of a mortgage in a foreclosure a tedious, time-consuming and therefore expensive [...]